Gary Mills insists it isn’t time to panic as Wrexham look to get back to winning ways in a second cross-border derby clash in just four days.

With the pain of Saturday’s Deva Stadium derby defeat still fresh, Wrexham will look to get back on track against Tranmere Rovers on Tuesday night at the Racecourse.

Rovers are on a high at present and have refound their early season form, winning their last three games to move up to third in the standings. Wrexham on the other hand have lost their last two at home to Eastleigh and at Chester, worryingly conceding three goals in each game.

Two defeats have seen Wrexham drop from third to seventh in the National League standings, yet they are still only three points behind a Rovers side who have climbed to third following an eight match unbeaten run.

While there is always going to be a sense of doom and gloom following a derby defeat, especially given how poor Wrexham were during the encounter, Mills said he was glad his side had another game so quickly to make amends for their showing.

“It is still very close, we haven’t picked up as many points of late as we would have liked to, but we are still in a good position,” said Mills.

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“We have got a team coming who are possibly in the best form of anybody so we have got to go and show what we are made of and put in a performance and go and win a football match that I know we are capable of winning.

“It we do beat them it is going to be goal difference as to whether we stay beneath them or above them. It is another game of football which is great, particularly after Saturday I am glad it is not going to be a long week, I am glad we have got the game tomorrow.

“That is what all of our concentration and effort will go on, but as I have said before and said to the players, whether we have won a game, drawn a game or lost a game, that is in the past and I have said that from day one. What I and Darren Caskey (assistant coach) have to do between us is put the right team out there on Tuesday night, talk about a couple of points where we could improve on and do better and if we do that then we can certainly go and win the game.”

Mills will be boosted by the return of Jamal Fyfield, the centre-half having served a one match ban following his red card against Eastleigh.

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And Mills also stated that Lee Fowler would be in contention for a role, despite agreeing on Thursday the midfielder could go out on loan.

Adding there had been tentative enquiries about Fowler but nothing concrete, Mills said he was still in contention for Tuesday’s game, and explained the reason to pick young defender Ross White in the match day squad ahead of him.

Mills added: “Jamal comes back after suspension, that is done with now, we have got an extra body to have available for tomorrow.

“With Jamal being out for suspension, the back four really picked itself on Saturday, but he is available now and I have a decision to make with what I am going to do tomorrow.

“Lee is available for loan, I have had a couple of little enquiries about him but nobody concrete at the moment saying they want to take him.

“He wasn’t on the bench on Saturday and I put Ross (White) on the bench because we were short of a defender. Ross has had a couple of games now and looking a lot sharper and we needed another defender on the bench on Saturday.

“I don’t want people reading into the idea Lee isn’t even on the bench, the situation is he is available and sometimes it is harder to pick the bench than it is the team, as daft as that sounds, it really is sometimes. But I have to get that right and that is why Ross was on the bench on Saturday.”